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Rick Rubin

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62 Years Old

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks). In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.

Born

Lido Beach, New York, USA on 10th March 1963

All Credits

Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Image
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Self (voice) (archive footage)
WWE SmackDown Image
WWE SmackDown
Self
The Hip Hop Years Image
The Hip Hop Years
Self
The Shop Image
The Shop
Self
This Is Pop Image
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
Beastie Boys Story Image
Beastie Boys Story
Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1 Image
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Image
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream Image
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Self
WrestleMania 41: Saturday Image
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
Himself
Men Don't Leave Image
Men Don't Leave
Craig
Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne Image
Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
Self
Krush Groove Image
Krush Groove
Rick
Shangri-La Image
Shangri-La
Johnny Cash: American Rebel Image
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
Self
JAY-Z: Fade to Black Image
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
Self
Sound City Image
Sound City
Self
808 Image
808
Self
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free Image
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
Himself
I Am Johnny Cash Image
I Am Johnny Cash
Self
Circus Maximus Image
Circus Maximus
Self
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers Image
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
Himself
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones Image
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
Self
500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary) Image
500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)
Self (archive footage)
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird Image
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
Self
Black Sabbath: 13 Image
Black Sabbath: 13
Himself
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing Image
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Self
No Image
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Self
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American Image
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
Self
Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns Image
Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks Image
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
Self
Tougher Than Leather Image
Tougher Than Leather
Vic Ferrante
The Making of Minutes to Midnight Image
The Making of Minutes to Midnight
Self
Truth to Power Image
Truth to Power
Self
No Image
Tom Petty: Going Home
Self
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music Image
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music
Himself
The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995 Image
The Cult: Pure Cult Anthology 1984-1995
No Image
Jim Jones - This Is Jim Jones
Self
Run DMC: Forever Kings Image
Run DMC: Forever Kings
Self
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das Image
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
Himself